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WILLIAM EDMUND STMPSON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

FLUID-PRESSURE MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 664,787, dated December 25, 1900.

Application filed May 28, 1900. Serial No. 13,254- (NO model-l To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDMUND SIMP- SON, a subject of the Queen of England, and a resident of 28 Victoria street, Westminster, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Fluid-Pressure Motors, (for which I have applied for a patent in Great Britain, No. 9,978, bearing date May l1, 1899,) of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to the construction of gas, steam, and other fluid-pressure motors; and it consists in so providing the constituent parts of whichthe motor is built as to render them capable of being readily assembled and combined to form motors of varying types and powers. By such construction the cost of production is greatly reduced and by its means a motor may at any time be conveniently altered in type by assembling its component parts in a dierent way or be conveniently increased in power by adding a set of parts.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a vertical section of an air-cooled motor. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are Aan elevation, a cross-section, and a sectional plan, respectively, ofthe feet and end covers of the crankchambers. Figs. 5 and 6 are elevations corresponding to Fig. l, in which the feet are arranged for vertical mounting and horizontal mounting, respectively. Fig. 7 is a sectional plan of a two-cylinder motor, showing cranks and crank-shafts and corresponding to Figs. l, 5, and 6. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan of a single-cylinder motor and speed-gear. Fig. 8 is a back view showing the method employed according to the invention of coupling up the constituent parts of the motor, while Fig. 9 represents a plan in section on the line X Y, Fig. l. Fig. l0 is a vertical section similar to Fig. l of a motor in which a water-jacketed cylinder is employed, while Fig. 1l is a sectional plan on the line XY, Fig. lO; and Fig. l2 is an elevation of crankchamber cover and feet arranged for two sets of cylinders and crank-shafts side by side.

In the drawings the invention is shown as adapted to an oil-motor of the Otto or fourstroke cycle.

As illustrated yin Figs. 1 to 9, each cylinder ais cast in one with a cylindrical crank-chamber b, having circular end flanges b or facings, to which are bolted end covers c, which are provided with bearings c' for the crankshaft d d cl2 and with feet or holding-brackets c2, by means of which the combined structure may be bolted to its foundation or by which it may be secured upon a tubular frame, such as c c, by such means as supplementary and opposing gripping-jawsf, which with the feet or holdingbrackets c2 irmly embrace the members c c of theA frame by means of bolts g, as illustrated more particularly in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, the gripping-jaws fbearing upon a nose c, provided upon the end face of the feet or holding-brackets c2, so that their engaging extremities may be drawn to firmly grip the frame parts.

Bolt-holes are provided in the covers c,pref erably within peripheral lugs cs, and are arranged equidistant around the center of the cover to coincide with holes provided on peripheral lugs b, Fig. 8a, provided upon the crank-chamber h, so that the covers may be bolted in any angular position so as to bring the feet or holding-brackets c2 in any such position that the motor may with the same parts be suspended, arranged vertically, as illustrated in Fig. 5, or horizontally, as in Fig. 6. Each cover c has facings c4 upon both sides, so that another crank-chamber and cylinder may be bolted against it, the

bolts h then passing through two lugs bu of the respective crank-chambers and through the intermediate cover c, as illustrated in Fig. 8, the cover c then serving as a distancepiece. Thus it will be understood that any number of cylinders or units may be combined to any power up to the limit of the crank-shaft. The crank-shaft is made up of uniform sections and comprises short pieces 0f shaft d CZ cl2, preferably having conical extremities, upon which are mounted counterbalanced crank-arms 't' or disks held in place by means of nuts z". A fly-wheel j is shown mounted upon the conical extremity of the section of shaft CZ, being keyed and held firmly in position by means 0f the nut 'i'.

The counterbalanced crank arms i or disks may be secured to the shaft by means of keys, as illustrated. The crank arms or disksz' are connected togetherlby means of crank-pins IOO Zt, which also preferably have conical extre niities and are firmly secured in position by such means as nuts la.

Bearings Z Z for carrying the cam-shafts m are provided on each unit, the cam-shaft being similarly built up of sections. These bearings Z Z are preferably carried in an extension 57 of the crank-chamber Z7, which constitutes, with the crank-chamber, an oil-containing receptacle and is closed by means of a cover bs.

The valve-rods pass through guide-bearings in the extension o7 of the crank-chamber.

Each section of the cam-shaft mis connected to the other by means of coupling-collars o.

The valve mechanism illustrated in the drawings and which is foreign to the subjectmatter of the present invention is described in the specification of a pending application, Serial No. 17,7el4, filed May 23, 1900.

The ordinary two-to-one gear p q, Fig. 7, is arranged within and carried by an end cover or box 7', which is connected to the adjacent crank-chamber by bolts substantially in the manner in which the cran k-chambers are connected, a flange r with a facing being provided for abutting against the adjacent and intermediate cover or distance piece c. The extremity of the crank-shaft section Z2 is carried by the end cover or box r, as also is the section m1 of the cam-shaft upon which the larger gear 19 is mounted, the section m' being connected to the adjacent section m of the cam-shaft by means of a coupling-collar o. Any other gear employed in connection with the motor may be arranged in the same or a similar box r. For example, the red ucing-gear illustrated in the modification of Fig. 8 and which forms the subject-matter of a pending application, SerialNo. 17,744, filed May 23,190O,1nay be contained within a box r3, connected and provided with an end cover c in a manner substantially the same as the adjacent crank-chambers.

The air inlet and exhaust pipes or passages are provided in sections, and each section is preferably cast on or formed as a port or passage within or on the cylinder-casting itself and has faoings or flanges for bolting up the adjoining sections.

As illustrated in Figs. l, 82, and 9, the inlet and exhaust passages s s and t t', respectively, are formed of a uniform length corresponding to that of the cylinder and chamber, with which they are cast integral, and the adjacent passages st and s t' are preferably connected together at their eX- tremities by means of flanges u. The flanges fw have faced rims u" for connecting up the adjoining sections by means of bolts fw, passing through the contiguous flanges, one end of the passages being stopped by means of 'one cover-plate c, suitably bolted to the iiange u, while the other end of the inlet-passage is conected by a suitable pipe c2 (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 9) to the vaporizer x, and that of the exhaust-passage to a pipe connection, by means of which the exhaust-gases may be led away. Similarly the vaporizer ai may .be made up in uniform sections bolted together,as illustrated, by means 0f bolts and flanges. The lubricating oil distributing pipes w are also provided in uniform sections cast on the cylinders or formed separately and secured to the cylinder by means of a screwed boss or nipple w', as illustrated, their extremities being provided with flanges, by means of which the contiguous sections may be secu red in line one withV the other. The oil may be fed into the cylinder through the passages 102. When an incandescent ignition-lamp is employed, this may also be formed in uniform sections y, provided with -ianges for the connection of one to the other.

The lamp may be lined with refractory material y and have the ignition-tubes y2 trans- Y versely projecting through it and may have one or two burners,such as y2, or oil-jets provided at one or each end of the series of sections or otherwise disposed for heating theV spective valve-casings to which the trans- Y verse sections of the tubes 'y2 are screwed.

As illustrated in Figs. l0 and 1l, the watercirculating ports or connections z may be provided on the outer casing, so as to be uniform and so as thus to enable the respective cylinders,with their water-circulating ports or con nections, to be bolted up together in series.

In some cases, as in vertical launch-motors, where the angle of the feet with relation to the cylinder-axis is not required to be varied, covers c10,Fig. l2, carrying the bearings c and feet e2, may be each adapted to receive two or more crank-chambers and crank-shafts arranged side by side. This arrangement is particularly adapted for multiple-screw propulsion.

The outer end or cover L12 of the cylinder a, Fig. 1, may be cast on, leaving a hole only for boring or indicating purposes, such hole being afterward filled up by a screwed or other plug c1121. Another hole 612, Fig. l, is then provided in the opposite wall of the crank-chamber b, suciently large to admit the boring-head and to enable the cylinder to be bored. This opening is provided with a cover 5121 and utilized as an inspection-opening. Y

A screwed plug 12122 may be provided in theA cover 19121 for the purpose of letting out oil, and a similar plug 5122 may be provided in the side of the crank-chamber Z) for the same purpose and for use when the motor is horizontally mounted.

The dimensions of the crank-shaft may be so determined that any such number as six or eight may be built up with safety, the crank-shaft sections being uniform. So also rooA IIOV

the port areas are uniform and determined, so that no throttling shall occur When the full number of units are united.

The invention is not, of course, limited to the arrangement of the units side by side in the axial line of the crank-shaft, as it is obvious, for example, that such units may be so provided as to be connected in the direction transverse to that of a crank-shaft, as contemplated according to the arrangement of cover illustrated in Fig. l2.

Having non7 described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A fluid-pressure motor comprising a cylinder and crank-chamber cast in one piece, inlet and exhaust ports upon said cylinder, said inlet and'exhaust ports being cast in one with the cylinder and crank-chamber and arranged transversely to the axial line of the cylinder and entirely across the same to abut against the ports of adjacent cylinders, for the purposes and substantially as described.

2. In combination in a fluid-pressure motor, a plurality of cylinders with their inlet and exhaust ports, and incandescent-lamp-tube sections arranged to be coincident when the cylinders are assembled, said tube-sections extending entirely across and transversely of the cylinders and abutting, substantially as described.

3. In fluid-pressure motors, the combination oi' aplurality of cylinders having inlet and exhaust ports and Vaporizer sections upon said cylinders arranged to be coincident when the cylinders are assembled and connected together, said tube-sections extending entirely across and transversely of the cylinders and abutting, substantially as described.

4. In fluid-pressure motors, the combination of a plurality of cylinders having inlet and exhaust ports and sections of lubricatingoil-supply piping upon said cylinders arranged to be coincident when the cylinders are assembled and connected together, said tube-sections extending entirely across and transversely of the cylinders and abutting, substantially as described.

5. In fluid-pressure motors, the combination of a cylinder, a piston, a crank-shaft, a crank-chamber and a pipe or conduit extending transversely from one side of the cylinder to the other and open at each end, said pipe or conduit being arranged to abut against and coincide with a similar pipe on a cylinder located on either side of the cylinder first mentioned, substantially as described.

6. In fluidpressure motors, the combination of a cylinder, a piston, a crank-shaft, a crank-chamber and a pipe or conduit extending transversely from one side of the cylinder to the other and open at each end, said pipe or conduit being arranged to abut against and coincide with a similar pipe on a cylinder 1ocated on either side of the cylinder first mentioned and a cover to inclose the remaining open end of the said pipe, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM EDMUND SIMPSON.

IVit-nesses:

WILLIAM EDWARD EVANS, ELLIS OWEN. 

